1 // stdio.asm: WORD p_stream_nchars,'STREAM-NCHARS',fasm
3 anchor:p_stream_nchars[]
5 === Word: STREAM-NCHARS
7 Data stack: ( stream -- n )
10 "STREAM-NCHARS" is a function word that scans ahead in the stream
11 buffer for the next non-whitespace character, and returns its position
12 relative to the end of the buffer. This is done without changing the
13 stream (or filling it by reading the backing file).